Dinner at Terra

We had dinner at “Terra” today. I guess we go once in 3 months or so to have seasonal meals. As I cannot eat seafood, the least expensive course is probably enough for me but we have been having the middle one (S%168 ++).

最初にほんの一口のスープ。今日は、冷たい、パンプキンスープ。

The amuse was a very small portion (really one mouthful) of chilled pumpkin soup. Very sweet.

フォカッチャはいつもお代わりしますが、今日はせずに我慢。パンを食べ過ぎると後で苦しくなるので。

We usually ask for another portion of focaccia but not today, I was good not to because bread fills me up.

夫の１品目は、かますとオレンジ。美味しかったようでした。

My husband’s first dish – Barracuda and orange salad, which he seemed to have enjoyed.

My first dish was special cheese (I cannot remember the name but it’s the centre part of Burrata cheese) and special Italian cured ham (sorry that I cannot remember more details, the staff told me it was aged for many months under the ground in Piemonte). The cheese was too creamy for me (just me) so I asked my husband to eat it, but the ham was delicious. Cured ham in Singapore tends to be very tough and you cannot chew it easily but this one melted in my mouth, hardly needed any chewing. It had sweet and very deep flavour as well.

夫の２皿目、毛ガニ。これも美味しかったようでした。

My husband’s 2nd dish was horsehair crab from Hokkaido. He told me it was delicious.

My 2nd dish was Japanese turnip in cream soup. Turnips can be very watery and dull, and I don’t like western ones at all. However, I do like Japanese turnips in many cases and this one was very tasty. I’d love to make it at home.

My husband’s 3rd dish was scampi (are they?? ). When the people next to our table were eating them (they were differently cooked) he was telling me he hoped he won’t get it, but then he did! However, the flesh came out of the shell easily so he didn’t mind after all and he actually loved it.

Mine was also Taglielini but with tomato sauce. The tomatoes were sweet yellow ones from Hokkaido. I love their taglielini (handmade) and the sauce was delicious, too. I was feeling very full after the shiitake dish and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to eat any more but this one went in without any problem.

The 5th dish (the main) for both of us was Miyazaki beef steak, sweet potato & rocket from Hokkaido. My husband helped me with one of the 2 slices of the steak but I enjoyed the other slice – it’s not too fatty and even the fat is very tasty.

デザートは、柿。この柿はあまり甘くなかったですし、甘いものの添えてあるので余計そう感じました。

Dessert was persimmon. I have to say that the persimmon wasn’t very sweet, specially when you eat it with the sweet honey ice cream.

As I’m taking anti-biotics I cannot drink any alcohol so my husband had 2 glasses of red wine. We also shared a bottle of sparking water and the bill was S$480, a little less than usual because we usually order a bottle of wine. As it’s quite expensive we don’t go there so often but we’d like to support them as it’s one of few restaurants where you can get very good cooking most of the time, and the chef is Japanese.